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US 9,808,157 B2Granted
Hands-free interface
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsNathan Pletcher, Andrew Nelson, Francis Honore
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Abstract
A wearable device and external reader is provided for herein. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the wearable device or the reader is configured to receive a level of radiant energy, detect a change in the received level of radiant energy, determine that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy, and responsively operate (or cause to be operated via the external reader) one or more external devices.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- a wearable device receiving from an external reader a level of radiant energy;
- the wearable device detecting a change in the received level of radiant energy;
- the wearable device determining that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy, wherein determining that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy comprises determining that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of at least one body movement;
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- in response to the determining, the wearable device transmitting to the external reader an instruction that indicates that the wearable device has determined that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- a reader device transmitting to a wearable device radiant energy;
- in response to the transmitting, the reader device receiving from the wearable device one or more signals indicative of a change in a received level of the radiant energy from the reader device;
- the reader device determining that the change in the received level of the radiant energy from the reader device is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy, wherein determining that the change in the received level of the radiant energy from the reader device is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy comprises determining that the change in the received level of the radiant energy from the reader device is indicative of at least one body movement;
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- in response to the determining, the reader device operating at least one external device.
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A system comprising:
- a wearable device comprising an antenna;
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- a reader device,
- wherein the wearable device is configured to:
- receive a level of radiant energy from the reader device;
- detect a change in the received level of radiant energy;
- determine that the detected change is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy, wherein determining that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy comprises determining that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of at least one body movement;
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- in response to the determining, operate the antenna to transmit to the reader device an instruction that indicates that the wearable device has determined that the detected change in the received level of radiant energy is indicative of a predetermined pattern of received radiant energy, and
- wherein the reader device is configured to:
- receive the instruction from the wearable device;
- and
- in response to the receiving, operate at least one external device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.